Joythief
"I'd never really understood the phrase 'a shadow of his
former self' until I saw my brother's face as I clutched at
where my leg had been moments ago. He had killed the
redcap that left me crippled, and began to calmly unpack his
healer's kit. I saw him going through the motions, doing the
logical things, not caring if I lived or died but playing his
part."
"Ironically I'd never known true anger until then, the
Joythief had taken my brother away from me, in spirit if not
body and mind. I vowed to slay the creature and bring my
brother back."
- Excerpt from Grimm Diaries.
Joythieves appear similarly to pixies or sprites, however they
are typically a little short of five foot in height, slender with
crystalline wings. As all fey, they carry themselves with an
otherworldly beauty.
Joythief
Medium fey, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armour)
Hit Points 130 (20d8 + 40)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 20 (+5)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Cha +8
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +6
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The joythief's innate spellcasting
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately
cast the following spells, requiring no material
components:
At will: calm emotions, friends
1/day: crown of madness
2/day each: sleep, Tasha's hideous laughter
Magic Resistance. The joythief has advantage on saving
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Sense Emotions. The joythief can sense the presence
and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that
has a Charisma of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing
barriers, unless the creature is protected by a mind
blank spell.
Edible Emotions. A Joythief must drain creatures of their
emotions to survive, sustaining itself for a year and a day with
each victim it manages to steal the emotions from.
A creature that has it's emotions stolen in such a way is
able to continue living normally, but unable to feel joy, sorrow,
anger, fear or any other emotion. They are sometimes
referred to as Nulls, or Emotion-Nulls (which often just
causes confusion).
Ritual Recovery. Curing a Null of their emotionless
existance is a complicated process. It requires taking the Null
to a place of emotional significance (home, location of their
wedding, a grave of a loved one) which can be hard to identify
as the Null doesn't associate those memories with emotions
anymore.
The area must then be hallowed, and a spellcaster must
remove the curse from the Null. Removing this curse does not
rob a Joythief of any nourishment from the stolen emotions, it
is possible to have Joythieves arrange this ritual ahead of
time, if they're making an effort not to harm anyone.
Actions
Multiattack. The joythief makes one rosethorn dagger
attack and uses its Drain Emotions.
Rosethorn Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit,
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (3d4 + 3) piercing
damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Drain Emotions. The joythief targets one living creature
it can see within 10 feet of it that has a Charisma of 3
or higher. The target must succeed on a DC 16
Charisma saving throw against this magic or take 27
(5d10) psychic damage. Also on a failure, roll 3d6: If
the total equals or exceeds the target's Charisma score,
that score is reduced to 0. The target is stunned until it
regains at least one point of Charisma.
Steal Emotions. The joythief drains emotion from a
stunned or unconscious creature or a creature with a
Charisma score of 0 it touches. The creature must
succeed on a DC 18 Charisma saving throw or lose the
ability to feel emotions. A creature drained in such a
manner can’t be affected by anything emotional, such
as Bardic Inspiration or a barbarian's Rage and becomes
immune to the frightened and charmed conditions.
   This effect lasts until the joythief dies, or until ended
by casting remove curse on the target while it is within
an area of emotional significance to it that is affected
by the hallow spell.
   Stealing the emotions of a sentient creature satiates a
joythief for a year and a day, although the may continue
to steal emotions out of gluttony or enjoyment.
Created by
u/IndirectLemon